More security cameras are to be installed at troublespots across Co Durham.

More security cameras are to be installed at troublespots across Co Durham.

Derwentside District Council has given the go-ahead for nine cameras in Consett, Leadgate and Stanley.

There will be three in Blackhill in Derwent Street car park, Howden and Pleasant View, Bridgehill. A further three will go in Leadgate in Front Street, Plantation Street, and in St Ives Road. In south Stanley, three are earmarked for the shopping centre, Holly Hill Gardens, Burnside Resource Centre, Mendip Terrace and the corner of Engles Terrace and Cotswold Terrace.